I'm driving my car through the winter and our winters average low something like -15 in January-February with a lot of -20 to -25 overnights. All Celcius, by the way.

So with are there any options for block heaters? I'm in College and the buses around here are absolutely USELESS, so my car is needed.

Don't worry, slapping some Blizzaks on her when we get snow. Just need to make sure my car starts every morning.

 

it's possible, but I'm fairly sure no one makes a kit for it. I would look for something along the lines of a 1.9 TDI heater. You'll have to do some drilling in the irons. Alternatively, you could run a bypass ( think the adapter for flushing coolant ) and heat the coolant externally then use a recirculation pump. Most of that could be found at the local auto parts store and home depot or lowes.

 

Ask the Canadians.
I'm certain I've seen a pic/diagram of an optional block heater (probably dealer installed), available to folks up nort.

I daily my FC through the winter and it can get right nippy here in Denver but she's always cranked right over.

 

get a bigger battery and thinner oil.

rotary engines are usually the other way around, they have wayyy more hot start issues than cold start issues.

 

Just called my dad and he did the 2nd option to his '70 'Cuda back in the day, so I'll most likely do that.

I was considering making a thread in the Canadian forum, considering I'm from Canada. But oh well. I'll look into the optional block heater.


So I should just go with 5w30 for the winter instead of my usual 10w30 and couldn't I just get a blanket for the battery? I don't think the weather in Sault Ste Marie is as cold or snowy as it was back in Sudbury. I'm 2kms from the border to Michigan.

 

Some of them Came with block heaters.
I removed 2 from cars I had.They were stupid looking!.a waste of wire and metal.lol!